diff --git a/bin/named/main.c b/bin/named/main.c
index bc43aa1bbc..72b6166329 100644
--- a/bin/named/main.c
+++ b/bin/named/main.c
@@ -106,13 +106,6 @@
  */
 /* #include "xxdb.h" */
 
-#ifdef CONTRIB_DLZ
-/*
- * Include contributed DLZ drivers if appropriate.
- */
-#include <dlz/dlz_drivers.h>
-#endif /* ifdef CONTRIB_DLZ */
-
 /*
  * The maximum number of stack frames to dump on assertion failure.
  */
@@ -1226,17 +1219,6 @@ setup(void) {
 				      isc_result_totext(result));
 	}
 
-#if CONTRIB_DLZ
-	/*
-	 * Register any other contributed DLZ drivers.
-	 */
-	result = dlz_drivers_init();
-	if (result != ISC_R_SUCCESS) {
-		named_main_earlyfatal("dlz_drivers_init() failed: %s",
-				      isc_result_totext(result));
-	}
-#endif /* if CONTRIB_DLZ */
-
 	named_server_create(named_g_mctx, &named_g_server);
 	ENSURE(named_g_server != NULL);
 	sctx = named_g_server->sctx;
@@ -1302,12 +1284,6 @@ cleanup(void) {
 	 */
 	/* xxdb_clear(); */
 
-#ifdef CONTRIB_DLZ
-	/*
-	 * Unregister contributed DLZ drivers.
-	 */
-	dlz_drivers_clear();
-#endif /* ifdef CONTRIB_DLZ */
 	/*
 	 * Unregister "dlopen" DLZ driver.
 	 */
diff --git a/doc/arm/dlz.rst b/doc/arm/dlz.rst
index 1992a35653..e0e609dceb 100644
--- a/doc/arm/dlz.rst
+++ b/doc/arm/dlz.rst
@@ -15,24 +15,10 @@ Dynamically Loadable Zones (DLZ)
 
 Dynamically Loadable Zones (DLZ) are an extension to BIND 9 that allows
 zone data to be retrieved directly from an external database. There is
-no required format or schema. DLZ drivers exist for several different
-database backends, including PostgreSQL, MySQL, and LDAP, and can be
+no required format or schema. DLZ modules exist for several different
+database backends, including MySQL and LDAP, and can be
 written for any other.
 
-Historically, DLZ drivers had to be statically linked with the ``named``
-binary and were turned on via a configure option at compile time (for
-example, ``configure --with-dlz-ldap``). The drivers
-provided in the BIND 9 tarball in ``contrib/dlz/drivers`` are still
-linked this way.
-
-In BIND 9.8 and higher, it is possible to link some DLZ modules
-dynamically at runtime, via the DLZ "dlopen" driver, which acts as a
-generic wrapper around a shared object implementing the DLZ API. The
-"dlopen" driver is linked into ``named`` by default, so configure
-options are no longer necessary when using these dynamically linkable
-drivers; they are still needed for the older drivers in
-``contrib/dlz/drivers``.
-
 The DLZ module provides data to ``named`` in text
 format, which is then converted to DNS wire format by ``named``. This
 conversion, and the lack of any internal caching, places significant
@@ -87,7 +73,7 @@ backend storage of redirection rules:
        };
 
 
-Sample DLZ Driver
+Sample DLZ Module
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 For guidance in the implementation of DLZ modules, the directory